Meine Seele soll Gott loben, BWV 223 explained

German: Meine Seele soll Gott loben (My soul will praise God), BWV 223, is a church cantata probably composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Mühlhausen around 1707.^[1] The music of the cantata is lost, except for four measures of the theme of the closing fugue, which is given by Spitta.^{[2] [3]} According to Spitta the cantata included a duet aria for soprano and bass.^{[4] [5]}

The cantata has also been attributed to Johann Ernst Bach^[6] and George Frideric Handel.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cantata BWV 223 Meine Seele soll Gott loben. Bach Cantatas Website. 14 December 2012.
2. [Spitta's Johann Sebastian Bach|Spitta]
3. Web site: Cantates 217 - 224. 18 May 2013. Université du Québec. fr.
4. Web site: Cantata BWV 223, BC A 186. 7 June 2013. Classical Net. Crouch, Simon. 1999.
5. Spitta I: 339f
6. http://www.jsbach.org/bwv223.html The J.S. Bach Home Page: BWV 223
7. http://www.bachdigital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000280 Meine Seele soll Gott loben BWV 223; BC A 186